Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette
Tip (Respect the work, time and people): Good: arriving on time, greeting coworkers, asking when unsure, owning your mistakes, meeting deadlines, phone on silent, respecting others’ time. Poor: gossiping, long personal calls, taking others’ credit, hiding a mistake, arriving late, ignoring instructions, leaving without telling. Feedback from a supervisor: “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” Will be late or absent? Inform in advance.
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- 1.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 2.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Not my fault.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “I quit.”
- 3.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) phone on silent (c) arriving on time (d) respecting others’ time
- 4.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 5.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) taking others’ credit (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
- 6.True or false: “respecting others’ time” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) gossiping about others (d) leaving without telling
- 8.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) respecting others’ time (c) taking others’ credit (d) phone on silent
- 10.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving late daily (d) taking others’ credit
- 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) long personal calls (c) leaving without telling (d) gossiping about others
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) arriving on time (d) asking when unsure
- 14.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) wait for your turn (b) leave the room (c) roll your eyes (d) interrupt loudly
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving on time
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) respecting others’ time (c) meeting deadlines (d) greeting coworkers
- 18.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 19.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) blame a coworker (b) tell your supervisor (c) hide it (d) leave early
- 21.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving on time (c) hiding a mistake (d) rude replies on chat
- 22.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) do nothing (c) ask a customer (d) guess and hope
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) arriving late daily (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
- 24.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: phone on silent? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 25.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) phone on silent (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) hiding a mistake (d) owning your mistakes
- 26.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) meeting deadlines (c) ignoring instructions (d) taking others’ credit
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) leaving without telling (c) ignoring instructions (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 28.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) just come late (b) inform in advance (c) say nothing (d) skip the whole day
- 29.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) ignoring instructions (c) arriving on time (d) greeting coworkers
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) respecting others’ time (c) asking when unsure (d) arriving on time
- 31.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) leaving without telling (c) long personal calls (d) owning your mistakes
- 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) greeting coworkers (c) taking others’ credit (d) rude replies on chat
- 33.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a mistake (b) greeting coworkers (c) respecting others’ time (d) asking when unsure
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) hiding a mistake (d) asking when unsure
- 37.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) owning your mistakes (b) arriving on time (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) leaving without telling
- 38.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 39.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) greeting coworkers (c) meeting deadlines (d) arriving on time
Answer key
- a good work habit
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- long personal calls
- a good work habit
- keeping your desk tidy
- True
- greeting coworkers
- a good work habit
- taking others’ credit
- False
- respecting others’ time
- phone on silent
- leaving without telling
- wait for your turn
- arriving on time
- a poor work habit
- rude replies on chat
- a poor work habit
- True
- tell your supervisor
- arriving on time
- ask politely
- arriving late daily
- a good work habit
- hiding a mistake
- meeting deadlines
- keeping your desk tidy
- inform in advance
- ignoring instructions
- taking others’ credit
- owning your mistakes
- greeting coworkers
- False
- a poor work habit
- hiding a mistake
- asking when unsure
- leaving without telling
- a good work habit
- False
- rude replies on chat
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